Croglio
Croglio | |
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State : | Switzerland |
Canton : | Ticino (TI) |
District : | Lugano district |
Circle : | Sessa district |
BFS no. : | 5178 |
Postal code : | 6981 |
Coordinates : | 708 799 / 94102 |
Height : | 342 m above sea level M. |
Height range : | 255–611 m above sea level M. |
Area : | 4.39 km² |
Residents: | 849 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 193 inhabitants per km² |
Website: | www.croglio.ch |
Location of the municipality | |
Croglio is a municipality in the district of Sessa, in the Malcantone region , in the Lugano district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland on the Italian border.
Community merger
The municipality was created in 1976 from the merger of the municipalities of Biogno-Beride and Croglio-Castelrotto. The former municipality of Croglio-Castelrotto was already called Croglio before 1953 .
geography
The village is 345 m above sea level. M., in Malcantone , on the eastern slope of the Tresa valley and 2.5 km northwest of the Ponte Tresa TI station on the Lugano –Ponte Tresa line. The municipality includes the following fractions: Croglio, Castelrotto, Ronco, Madonna del Piano, Barico, Purasca and Biogno-Beride.
history
In the Middle Ages, Croglio had the status of a borgo (1335 burgus de Crolio), probably because it had a defensive function against the neighboring Milanese area. In 1126, almost at the end of the Ten Years' War between Como and Milan (1118–1127), the Milanese troops destroyed Albeleto Castle, which was part of the Como estate. According to tradition, its ruins would have given the name Castelrotto (Castrum Ruptum).
population
Population development | |||||||||||||||
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year | 1626 | 1801 | 1850 | 1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2017 |
Residents | 479 | 614 | 959 | 821 | 581 | 610 | 655 | 663 | 775 | 848 | 861 | 857 | 900 | 875 | 854 |
Attractions
The village of Castelrotto is classified in the inventory of protected sites in Switzerland (ISOS) as a site of national importance in Switzerland.
- San Bartolomeo Church
- Conti house
- Parish Church of San Nazzaro, in the Castelrotto fraction
- Villa Orizzonte
- Palazzo Andina
- Oratory of San Pietro Martire, in the district of Purasca
- House Faster
- Oratory of Santa Maria del Gatto, in the district of Madonna del Piano
Culture
- Associazione Villa Orizzonte
Personalities
photos
literature
- Virgilio Chiesa : Croglio. In: Lineamenti storici del Malcantone. Tipografia Gaggini-Bizzozero, Lugano 1961 (2nd edition 2002).
- Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Croglio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 12, 2005 , accessed December 31, 2019 .
- Laura Damiani Cabrini: Francesco Innocenzo Torriani, pittore di "studio" e "d'invenzione." In: Laura Damiani Cabrini, Anastasia Gilardi (ed.), Francesco e Innocenzo Torriani. Opere e vicende di due artisti del Seicento. Mendrisio, 2006, pp. 65-71, 89.
- Rinaldo Giambonini, Agostino Robertini, Silvano Toppi: Croglio. In: Il Comune. Edizioni Giornale del Popolo, Lugano 1971, pp. 99-108.
- Plinio Grossi: Croglio. In: Il Malcantone. Guida Galli-Tamburini, 2nd edition, Fontana Print SA, Pregassona 1984, pp. 108-111, 143, 148.
- Simona Martinoli u. a .: Croglio. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 406-408.
- Giovanni Maria Staffieri : Croglio. In: Malcantone. Testimonianze culturali nei comuni malcantonesi. Lugano-Agno 1985, pp. 40-45.
- Celestino Trezzini : Biogno-Beride In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 2, Beringen - Bion , Neuenburg 1924, p. 249. (accessed on June 26, 2017) ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Croglio on the ETHorama platform
- Data from the municipality of Croglio
- Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Croglio (Italian)
- Croglio: inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
- Federal inventory ISOS: Castelrotto (PDF; 4.4 MB)
- Croglio on elexikon.ch.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
- ^ Giovanni Maria Staffieri: Castelrotto. In: Malcantone. Testimonianze culturali nei comuni malcantonesi. Lugano-Agno 1985, pp. 40. 41, 45, 51.
- ↑ Castelrotto in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: May 11, 2016.)
- ^ Giovanni Maria Staffieri: Ronco. In: Malcantone. Testimonianze culturali nei comuni malcantonesi. Lugano-Agno 1985, p. 41.
- ^ Giovanni Maria Staffieri: Madonna del Piano. In: Malcantone. Testimonianze culturali nei comuni malcantonesi. Lugano-Agno 1985, pp. 42, 43, 45, 47.
- ↑ Giovanni Maria Staffieri: Barico. In: Malcantone. Testimonianze culturali nei comuni malcantonesi. Lugano-Agno 1985, pp. 43, 44, 45.
- ↑ Giovanni Maria Staffieri: Purasca. In: Malcantone. Testimonianze culturali nei comuni malcantonesi. Lugano-Agno 1985, pp. 44-45.
- ^ Giovanni Maria Staffieri: Biogno-Beride. In: Malcantone. Testimonianze culturali nei comuni malcantonesi. Lugano-Agno 1985, pp. 41, 45.
- ↑ Giovanni Maria Staffieri: Albeleto. In: Malcantone. Testimonianze culturali nei comuni malcantonesi. Lugano-Agno 1985, p. 41.
- ^ Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Croglio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 11, 2004 , accessed December 30, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Croglio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 12, 2005 , accessed December 30, 2019 .
- ↑ List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Simona Martinoli and others .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Ed. Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 406–408.
- ^ Associazione Villa Orizzonte (Italian) on villaorizzonte.ch (accessed on February 2, 2017).